Gallery, Projects and General > Neat Stuff

Penetrating Oils

<< < (4/4)

awemawson:
Acetone is cheap as chips on ebay.

andyf:
If buying at the Pound Shop or local pharmacy, make sure it's acetone and not ethyl acetate Like acetone, that is sold as a nail varnish remover. But for all I know, it might work as a penetrating oil if mixed with ATF etc.

Andy

Doc:

--- Quote from: rdhem2 on January 16, 2013, 12:03:31 PM ---Lew;
Have you tried the ATF/Acetone?  I was a Kroil user until I mixed a batch of this stuff up.  Put it up in mustard/ketchup squirt bottles from Wally's World and have converted everyone I have given it to.  A couple aircraft fixers I know say it is like magic--even on aluminum and exotic metals.

Just another two cents worth.             :coffee:

--- End quote ---
I don't know about this but I use Acetone to weld polycarbonate pieces together. This stuff will not eat right through a plastic bottle?  Like I say I use it for putting small pieces of poly together to make sizes I need  :scratch:. I will have to give it a try and see but mixed with AT fluid does sound like a very good option for some good penetrating oil.

Lew_Merrick_PE:

--- Quote from: Doc on January 27, 2013, 03:59:39 PM ---I don't know about this but I use Acetone to weld polycarbonate pieces together. This stuff will not eat right through a plastic bottle?  Like I say I use it for putting small pieces of poly together to make sizes I need  :scratch:. I will have to give it a try and see but mixed with AT fluid does sound like a very good option for some good penetrating oil.

--- End quote ---

Doc -- Acetone will eat through most acrylics and styrenes given enough time.  However, the polyethylene materials out of which most squeeze bottles are made will contain it quite well.  Now, having said that, I store pure acetone (and other flammables) in metal canisters in my shop for safety's sake.  I only use PE bottles for mixtures having a (relatively) low percentage of solvents and then only in small quantities (i.e. a pint or less).  I use a small-gauge syringe when applying solvents to PC and acrylics for bonding.  I feed the syringe using an eyedropper to avoid dumping too much solvent.

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[*] Previous page